Roundup: Seacoast Breakers U10s win tourney

HAMPTON — The Seacoast Breakers U10 girls softball team had already shown it could win on the road.

STEVE CRAIG

HAMPTON — The Seacoast Breakers U10 girls softball team had already shown it could win on the road.

Last weekend the Breakers proved they were quite comfortable on their home fields at Winnacunnet High School, too, rolling to the championship of the Brawl at the Beach Tournament.

The Breakers, coached by WHS varsity coach Dennis Bruce, went 6-0 to win their third tournament in four appearances this season, raising their overall record to 19-1-1.

The Breakers had dominated their first five games, outscoring their opponents 67-6 en route to the championship game against the NH Comets on Sunday

Both teams were playing their third game of the day and the Breakers pulled out an 8-6 win despite being outhit, 12-9.

A two-run homer by Raegan Kelly and an RBI single by Nicole Basil in the third inning put the Breakers ahead to stay. Basil later had what proved to be the tournament-winning RBI in the fifth, driving in Macie Harkovich.

Harkovich was the winning pitcher with nine strikeouts and no walks.

Lucy Gagnon (2-for-4) and Shannon Conte (3-for-4) contributed to the offensive attack in the championship game.

Harkovich got the tournament and her team off to a great start last Thursday with a no-hitter in a 13-0 win against the Northeast Hurricanes, striking out eight with two walks. Basil had a three-run double in the second as Seacoast scored all its runs in the first three innings.

Seacoast returned to action on Saturday and won a pair of games. Seacoast beat the Abington Avalanche, 20-1, behind Kelly. She had three hits, including a homer, and worked three hitless innings with no earned runs and nine Ks. Hanna Thompson had two doubles in the game.

Also on Saturday, Seacoast beat The Show Stoppers, 13-1, as Harkovich fanned 12 and allowed one hit and no walks. Talia Smaller, Kaylen Fowler and Gagnon (two hits, three RBIs) provided early offense.

In Sunday's first elimination game, the Breakers beat the CAP All Stars, 12-3. Smaller had an RBI triple to cap a five-run first, Gagnon hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a Josie Maggiore single ignited a three-run fifth. Fowler notched the win, striking out four over three innings.

In the semifinal game, Seacoast again faced the Northeast Hurricanes, winning this time, 9-1. Gagnon was again a force with two hits, an RBI and three runs. Kelly struck out 12 and allowed one hit over six innings. A Stephanie Reed single started a key third-inning rally to support Kelly.

The Breakers are at this weekend's state tournament in Rochester, which runs today through Sunday.

Seacoast 12s eliminated

Due to rain and thunderstorms, it took three days and three trips to Dover — and, finally, an extra inning — but the Seacoast Cal Ripken 12-year-old All-Star team was beaten by Dover, 8-4, on Wednesday night at the East Area tournament in Dover.

Dover scored four runs in the top of the eighth (Cal Ripken games are scheduled for six innings) and Seacoast went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning.

Seacoast tied the game with a run in the second and eventually went ahead 4-3 before Dover tied the contest in the top of the fifth.

Dover's Aiden McDonough worked the final three innings, facing the minimum number of batters. Seacoast did have a runner thrown out at third in the fifth and had hard-hit balls caught in both the sixth (with two outs) and the seventh.

Seacoast finished with a 1-2 record. The top four teams from the 10-team tournament will advance to the state tournament in Nashua. Dover needed one more win to punch its ticket.

Seacoast 10s underway

After winning the state championship as 9-year-olds, the Seacoast 10-year-old All-Stars were scheduled to get their tournament season started Thursday night (after deadline) at Roger Allen Park in Rochester in the District 7 tournament.

Seacoast was slated to play Newmarket in an 8 p.m. game. The winner will play tonight at 5:30 p.m. against the winner of the Oyster River-Rochester contest. The losers from those two games will play Friday at 8 p.m. The tournament is scheduled to conclude Tuesday, with the winner advancing to the state tournament in Exeter (starts July 6).

The Seacoast 9 year old All-Stars will be in an invitational tournament at Roger Allen this weekend and begin East Area play in Londonderry on July 6, with four teams advancing to the states.

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